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author meillo@marmaro.de
date Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:48:47 +0200
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1 \chapter{Comparison of \MTA{}s}
4 \section{First release}
5 sendmail: 1983
7 postfix: 1999
9 qmail: 1996 (first beta 0.70), 1997 (first general 1.0)
11 exim: 1995
13 masqmail: 1999
15 exchange: 1993
18 \section{Lines of code (with sloccount on debian packages)}
19 sendmail: 93k
21 postfix: 92k
23 qmail: 18k
25 exim: 54k
27 masqmail: 14k
29 exchange: (no source available)
32 \section{Architecture}
33 sendmail: monolitic
35 postfix: modular
37 qmail: modular
39 exim: monolitic
41 masqmail: monolitic
43 exchange: (unknown)
46 \section{Design goals}
47 sendmail: flexibility
49 postfix: performance and security
51 qmail: security
53 exim: general, flexible \& extensive facilities for checking
55 masqmail: for non-permanent internet connection
57 exchange: groupware
60 \section{Market share (by Bernstein in 2001)}
61 sendmail: 42\%
63 postfix: 1.6\%
65 qmail: 17\%
67 exim: 1.6\%
69 masqmail: (unknown)
71 exchange: 18\%